DIY Ombre shorts

"Ombre" is a french term meaning shaded or shading. It was a trend last year and I saw a lot of celebrities or fashion bloggers with ombre-dyed hair. Now that it's summer time I'm seeing a lot of girls wearing ombre-dyed shorts so, I decided to make my own.  It's easy making them but it's time-consuming.

Here's how to make 'em!

Materials needed:

some old jeans

scissors

bleach

basin

bottle spray

rubber gloves

hot water

iodized salt

dye

studs

Instructions:

1. Gather your old jeans and cut them to your desired length. Distress the ends with scissors.

2. Wear your rubber gloves. Using a bottle spray, apply some bleach on the half part of your shorts then let it dry. It should look like this:

3. I waited for a day to have it fully-dried then I hand washed it. Machine-wash will ruin the shorts since bleach weakens the fabric. After that, it's time to dye! (that doesn't sound right! :p)

4. Pour boiling water into the basin then add some dye, stir the mixture with a spoon then add 4 tbsp of iodized salt. Stir it well and drink. JK! :p

5. Slowly dip the half of your shorts like this:

6. After dyeing, lay your shorts on a big plastic bag like this:

7. Let it dry overnight so the fabric will absorb the liquid. It's like marinating BBQ. :)

8. Machine wash your shorts then rinse till the water becomes clear. Hang it or use a dryer.

9. Add some studs like spikes or stars. I used the tip of my scissors to punched it.

10. And you're done! ;-)

 It's addicting to make it. I will do some more with my sister and cousins! Our lil summer project :)